Bundle-tier.



A. H. SAXTON L J, J. BACHMAYER.

BUNDLE TIER. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 10, 10.12.

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ABUNDLE TIER.

APPLICATION FILED MARJQ, 1912.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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A. HfsAXToN & J. J. BAGHMAYER.

BUNDLE TIER.

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A. H. SAXTON c J. I. BACHMAYER.

BUNDLE TIER. f APPLICATION FILED MARAD, 1912.

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ALBERT H. SAXTON, OF DEERFIELD, MICHIGAN, AND JOSEPH J. BACHMAYER, OF

TRILBY, OHIO, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-THIRD TO FRANK MICHIGAN.

SAXTON, OF BLISSFIELD,

BUNDLE-TIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. et, 1911i.

Application inea marca 19, 1912. seran No. 684,727.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT H. SAX'roN and J osnrn J. BACI-IMAYER, citizens of the United lStates, and residents, respectively, of Deerfield, Lenawee county, Michigan, and rlrilby, Lucas county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bundle-Tiers, of which the following is a specification.4

Our invention relates to a machine for tying bundles of vegetables and the like, and has for its'object to provide an efficient machine of the kind that is adapted to quickly and securely tie together Vegetables ot various kinds, when assembled in numbers or quantities as sold on the market, and in bundles varying in size, as required or desired.

A further object is to provide a machine that is adapted to tie bundles of things et like kind, varying in numbers and sizes as may be desired, and that is adapted to tie together a` number of small bundles assembled in one large bundle.

We accomplish these objects by the construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a top plan view oi a bundle tying machine constructed in accordance' with our invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a section en line m-m oflFig. 2. Fig. 5 is a. horizontal, longitudinal section through the main shaft bearing member of `the main frame. Fig. G is an enlarged detail of the trip clutch, in side elevation. Fig. 7 is a cross section oi' the same on line g/-y. Fig. 8 is an end view et' the knetter brackets with the knetter disk removed. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the same with the knife lever in its normal position. Fig. l0 is a similar view with the knife lever in position after securing the string and releasing the knot from the knotter bill. Fig. 11 is an end view of the knetter bracket opposite to that shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 12 shows the face oi the knotter disk abutting the knetter bracket. Fig. 13 is a detail showing the knetter bill open. Fig. 14 is a bottom view of the knife bearing guard lever. Fig. 15 is a front View of the needle. Fig. 16 is an enlarged view of the tension wheel. Fig. 17 is a side View of a detachable auxiliary knetter mechanism,

and Fig. 18 is an enlarged side View ot the needle, twine cage, and tension wheel.

In the drawings 1 designates the main frame supporting the several parts. The

frame comprises the tube Q mounted at each each pair otA legs 3 is pendently secured a triangular truss frame (i central et the apex ot. which is provided a bearing 7, in which isjournaled one end of a treadle sha'tt 7 having tixedly mounted thereon a :toot trcadle 8 adapted to rock the treadle shaft.

(.)n one end portion of the tube 2 is tixedlv mounted a T 5) having a nipple 1() in which' is threaded a tubular standard lt. on the upper end of which is threaded the T 12. into which is threaded, in line parallel with the tube 2, the tube 13, having mounted on the outer end portion the knetter bracket 14, comprising the collar portion Al5 and the hanger arm 1G. The vends of the tube 2 oi the main frame are provided with suitable bearings 17 in which are journaled parallel the main shaft 18 and the rock shaft 19.

The main shaft 1S, at one end has ii.\:edl \r mounted thereon a crank Q0, which is con nected by a pitman rod with a rock arm 22 on the end et the treadle shaft 7. On the opposite end of the shaft 18 is tixcdly mounted a sprocket wheel 253 which is connccted lby a sprocket belt 2st with a sprocket wheel of reduced diameter tixedly mounted on the hub of the ily wheel 2o, the tly wheel being mounted on a stud journal secured to and projecting trom a leg P) in line parallel with thc main sha'tt 1S.

()n the main shaft 1S adjacent to the hub of the sprocket wheel .33 is loosely mounted a sprocket wheel 2i' of smaller diameter. the inner end of the hub 2S et which is incut to form the hub as one member ot' a clutch, the

other member being a collar QS) iixcdly Vmounted on the main shaft 1S and having the end adjacenty to the hun 28 provided with incuts complementary to the ratchet teeth formed by the incuts in the end oi the hub, whereby when theshaft 18 is rotated` tit? lpin 85, which which is curved slightly downward and then upward from the portion G9, in front of the knotter bill and near one side is provided with a slot 7l which extends from near the top of the portion to the portion 69 and diagonally in the portion 69 between the converging sides oi the slot 7l to a central orifice 72 directly beneath the knotter bill. At one side of the orifice 72 between the orifice and the cylindrical boss 45 there is secured to the inner face of the portion (59 of the lever plate 63 a knife blade 72 which extends upward to a point below the level of the rim of the shuttle cup 47.

On the same side ofthe arm 16 as the portion 67 of the plate 63 is secured by a screw 7 3 a spring 74 which has an arm 75 that engages the portion (57 and normally and yieldingly holds the portion 67 engaged with the web 40, but which yields under pressure on the roller 65 to move the lower end portion (39 sidcwise in an are as shown in Fig. io.

The knotter disk 34 has an annular disk rim 76 concentric to a central portion con Vex to one side and having an annular cavity 77 around a hub 78 which extends into the cavity, and has a lu r 79 project-ing radially :from one side of the Ihub. Opposite the lug is a side extension 77 of thecavity 77, and the cavity is enlarged circumferentially as to its outer portion by a counterbore forming a ledge 80 which is partly eut away by the side cavity 77': The disk rim 76 is provided with a radial segmental extension Sl on which are formedtlle rack teeth 82, the center tooth being radially 99o forward of the lug 79 in the direction of revolution of the disk 3 and which as the disk 34 revolves engages the pinion 52 and revolves the pinion one revolution.

Between the rackteeth 82 and the cavity 77 the face 85E of the disk rim 79 .is provided with an incut 84 which prevents the triangular hub 52 ol the pinion 52 irom engaging with the face 83 while the pinion is revolved by the rack teeth. I

Diametrically opposite the lug 79 the ledge S0 is bored and tapped to receive a once each revolution ot' the disk comes into engagement with one of the arms of the capstan lever 50 and revolves the shuttle cup 47 one fourth of a revolution.

Opposite the pinS there is provided a V shaped ineut 84` the disk rim 7G which as the lever 50 is revolved by the pin permits the square huh 50, to revolve with 1t, without engaging the tace S3 of the disk rim, and is also'adapted to prevent the pin S5 from turning the shutfle cup 47 either more or less than a quarter revolution.

Before mounting end portion of the youd the end ot the the knotter disk on the shaft 3l projecting betube 13, a squared face in the plane face 83 of vof the hub 50 of the lever wheel 50 and the iace of the triangular hub 52 of the pinion 52, which is opposite tothe knotter bill 53, are adjusted to position fiush with the cross web 42 and parallel with the plane face 83 of the disk rim, and the disk is secured to the shaft with the face 83 oi the disk in close proximity to the cross web 42, whereby both the shuttle cap and the knotter bill are held during periods ot' rest in proper position to receive the twine.

lVhen the knotter disk 34 is secured in position on the shaft 31, the roller (55 on the arm (34 of the plate (53, extends into the inner cavity of the disk and as the disk -revolves the lug 79 comes into Contact with the rolle' which forces it downward into the side extension 77 of the cavity 77 thereby moving the portion (S9 of the plate 63 outward and upward through an arc. After the roller 65 passes the lug 79 the spring 74 quickly vreturns the plate -(53 and its portion G9 to the normal positions.

In the normal position of'the portion 70 of the lever plate (39, its slot 7l extends transverse the pla'ne of the arc of movement of the point portion 39 ot' the needle 39. The point portion 39" of the needle extends by a curve forward of the body portion of the .needle arm in the direction oi its upward movement to near a right angle from the body portion, and at near the completion of the upward movement otl the needle point the point enters the slot 71 and at the end of its upward stroke is extended over the shuttle cup 47. In the upper side of. the point portion 39 of the needle a groove 86 extends between an eye 87 in the point to an eyelet 88 extending outward from the bend of the point.

To the tube 2 beside the slot 37 is suitably secured a twine cage 89 adapted to receive and retain a ball of twine, and integral with the cage is an arm 90 which at its outer end is provided with a stud pivot 90 which -has pivotally mounted thereon the tension wheel 91 having a V groove in its periphery uruud which the end portions oi the twine of the ball is rove and then carried first to the eye let 88, then through the groove 86 and then through the eye 87 in the point of the needle with a portion of the twine of suitable length extending pendent from the eye. .Preferably below and rearward ol the eye 87 is provided a small roller 92, and transversely across the front side of the bend oi the point portion of the needle is the end portion 93 of a packer arm 94 which is connected at its inner end to the arm 99 and extends parallel therewith to the bend ot the needle arm and has the portion 93 bent therefrom across the needle hand in front thereof, and below the point portion 39. On the opposite side of the needle arm 39 and para lel therewith is a packer arm 95,

the twine around the collection with the end portions of the loop secured between the shuttle and the boss, iunnediately 'following which, the teeth of the knetter disk operate the pinion to revolve the knetter bill, the point oit' which, (by reason of the two end |v ortions of the twine thus drawn around the collection both passinglr over the knotter bill and down through the orifice 72 of the portion tif) of the lever 63 from the shuttle), passes above the portions eiztendiner downward through the orifice 72 in the first quarter turn of the bill. In the next quarter turn of the knetter bill the cam portion 58 of the member of the bill passes over the portion of the twine extending from the bill to the shuttle and depresses them downward around the bill. In the third quarter turn of the bill the roller (30 of the member 55 of the bill engages the cam 44 and opens the bill, and holds the bill open until the portions of the twine extendingr between the bill and the shuttle passes between the points of the members. .On the fourth quarter turn of the bill. the roller G0 is disengaged from the cani Llst and the spring 6l closes the bill on the twine. .immediately :following this operation of the bill, the lug' 70 of the knottcr disk engages vthe roller G5 of the arm ttt of the lever G3 and moves the guard portions (39 of the lever outward and upward through an are, whereby, first, the knife 72 engages the end portions of the loop around the collection, extending between the knotter bill and the shuttle, and severs them; second, the portion 69 engages the same portions of the loop extending;r through the orifice 72 below the bill, and pulls the portions of the same looped around the bill, off of the end of the bill. around thc portions held between the two members of the bill, and lastly pullsI the single bow thus formed, from the bill, the resistance to which tightens the single bow knot thus formed and completes lthe tying; of the bundle.

lt will be seen that all of the operations of.

tying a bundle are conn'ilctcd during' the downward and upward strokes of the needle, the bundle to be tied being pushed forward beneath the knotter during the downward stroke of the needle, after it has passed below the table P), by which time all of the op` erations of tyingra vbundle dur-ine; the next preceding downward and upward stroke of the needle are completed, and as the bundle to be tied is pushed into position under the kuultcr mechanism it pushes the preceding' tied l'mndles lorwartfl until in their turn they are pushed from the table i into :i suitable receptacle placed in position to receive them.

'l`he portion vf/ ol' the top rod c extends upward rearward of the portion T() ot' the lever (53 ofthe lzuotlor, so that after an untied bundle has been pushed past the porlion f/ under the portion 69 of the lever 63 of the In order that the needle arm knotter, the trip bar would raise to its normal position and disconnect the knetter mechanism from the main shaft but for the engagement of the inclined end portion L of the trip bar by the rod 96 cross connecting the needle and packer bars, which continue to hold the trip bar depressed while thencedle arm 39 is at the upper part of its stroke and the operation of tyingr the bundle is being performed. But when the needle is approaching the end of its downward stroke, unless another untied bundle is being pushed .into the path of upward movement of the inclined end portion h of the trip bar, the trip bar will rise and the needle arm will come to a rest at the end of its downward stroke thereby preventingr any of the operation of the knetter mechanism being performed except while an untied bundle is being pushed into position to be tied, or is being,l tied, or the trip bar is manually depressed while the main shaft is in motion. 39 will stop at the end of its downward stroke when the trip bar is released after being depressed, the hub 28 of the sprocket wheel 27 is adjusted with the outermost part of its spiral shoulder F uppermost, and the rock arm 35 of the rock shaft 19 is adjusted to bring the needle arm 89 at the end of its downward stroke before the sprocket belt 38 is connected around the two sprocket wheels 27 and 32 which insures that whenever the trip bar is in its normal positionthe needle arm will be standinp,r still at the end of its downward stroke, and if the trip bar is depressed to start the knetter mechanism and then released, the upward movement of the needle arm will hold the trip bar depressed until it releases the trip bar on the downward stroke, as hereinbefore described, and the needle bar will come to rest at the end of the stroke, and will remainat rest in that position until a bundle is'pushed forward and again deprcsses the trip bar, and releases the clutch member 28, and starts the knotter mechanism.

When it is desired to tie a number of smaller bundles together into one bundle the stops 77 are mounted on rods c which retain the burullesuntil the desired number is accumulated. The operator then reaches forward and grasping the collection of bundles pushes them under the knetter, and the machine ties them together in one bundle. This capacity of our machine to tie bundles of varying sizes and of tying a number' of small bundles into one, especially adapts it for use hy market gardeners in tying in separate bundles, onions, radishes, beets and the like in such numbers or quantities as they are usually sold, which operation our machine greatly facilitates.

To adapt the machine for tying bundles at each end, the tube 13 has mounted thereon knotter mechanism mounted on the frame above and in the path of the needle, means mounted on the counter-shaft and connected to the knetter mechanism adapted to operate the knetter mechanism incoperation with the needle as set forth, a depressible bundle supporting frame, means to 1yieldingly and normally ysupport the frame horizontally below the knetter mechanism and above the needle, a trip arm 'arried by the bundle supporting frame, and adapted to be depressed therewith, and independently thereof, and means connecting the trip arm with the loose clutch member adapted to normally hold the trip arm raised and the loose clutch member disconnected from the fixed clutch member, and when the trip arm is de pressed, to connect the clutch members, said trip arm being` adapted to be depressed by a bundle being moved into position to be tied, to be held depressed by the needle while the bundle is being tied, and to automatiL cally raise the trip arm and disconnect the clutch members when the trip arm is released from v engagement with a bundle or the needle,

5. In a bnndletying machine, the combination with a knetter bill and a shuttle,

of a guard plate extending horizontally be-l neath, and having a portion curved up beside the knetter bill, said guard plate having a slot extending vertically in the curved up portion and eonvergingly to the center of the horizontal portion beneath the knot- 4ter bill, and a knife blade secured to the upper side of the horizontal portion be- .tween the knetter bill and the shuttle, a

rocker needle arm having a twine bearing point portion curved forward and movable by the arm through an areof 90 degrees or less, upward and forward into the slot of the guard, over the knotter bill and the shuttle, and then backward and downward outl of the slot, said needle arm having a pusher arm extending lhorizontally and transversely forward of the arm below the point portion, and means to relatively operate the several parts, substantially as set forth.

G. ln a bundle tying machine the combination with a needle having a twine carrying point portion n'iovablc back and forth through an are in a vertical plane between horizontal and vertical radial points, of a kuottcr mechanism comprisingaknetter bill rcvoluble in a horizontal plane transverse the plane of the needle arc. near the upper end of the arca shuttle beside the knetter bill and rcvoluhle transverse said vertical plane below the upper end of the needle arc. a bcll crank lever having one arm provided with a guard plate having a portion normally extendingI horizontally underneath the knotter bill, and a portion curved upward transverse the arc of movement of the needle point, said guard plate being provided with a slot extending from below the knetter mechanlsm comprismg a knotter bill adapted to permit the point portion of theA needle and twine carried by the needle to pass through the guard plate above the knotter bill and the shuttle, and engage the twine with the shuttle, and a knife mounted on the horizontal portion between the knot` ter bill and the shuttle, a packer arm carried by the needle, and having an end portion extending forward of and transverse the need-le below the guard plate, and adapted to push the twine extending below the guard plate forward into the end of the slot` below the knotter bill, and means to relatively operate the parts described, substantially as set forth.

7. In a bundle tying machine, the combination of a main frame, a table supported on the frame, a knetter mechanism supported on the frame above the table,said knetter mechanism comprising a rotatable shuttle adapted when rotated to engage and hold twine carried over and across it, a rotatable knetter bill adapted to form a knot in the twine, and a movable guard plate below the knetter bill, said guard plate having a knife blade extending upward between the knottcr bill and the shuttle, a central opening and a slot intersecting the opening, a rocker needle below the table, said needle having a twine carrying point portion adapted to move upward and downward in an arc through the table and the slot of the guard plate, and on its upward stroke carry therewith twine and cause a portion of the twine through the central opening of the guard plate in position to be engaged and secured by the shuttle, and on the downward stroke leave the twine extending between the point and the shuttle inl position. to be cngagedby a bundle pushed over the. table under the guard plate, and to be earrird by the bundle around its front portion, and by the needle point on the next upward stroke of the needle upward around the rear portion of the bundle through the slot and central opeing of the guard plate, over the knetter bill and the shuttle in position to be again engaged and held by the shuttle, and whereby a twine loop is formed around the bundle and secured by the shuttle. means to rotate the shuttle simultaneous with the ending of the upward strokes of the needle point, means to rotate -the knetter bill iuunediately following the Irotation of the shuttle. whereby the end portions of the loop extending between the shuttle and the guard plate are engaged by the knetter bill and formed into a knot, and means to move the knife bearing guard plate immediately following the for- `extending from the point to be extended A mation oit the knot, whereby the twine is Cfr lll

severed between the knot and the shuttle and released trom the knetter bill.

lin a bundle tying machine, the combination with a main shaft and means to ro tate 'the shaft, of tyin, mechanism, comprising; twine carryiingy needle, knetter and means to coniointly and relatively operate the needle and the. knetter to form a loop of the twine around a collection of things interpo betaee the knetter and the needle andjf, po oit the loop together, mean i automatically and operianr nornmlly and automatically disconnect the lizonnecting niieans, a downwardly yielding spring supported table frame below the knetter, and adapted to yieldingly support a bundle ot things pushed over the table trame. ander the knetter into position for tying, and a trip bar normally held by the il' auf-loting means in position to be enga and operated by a bundle beingl pushed over 'the ltable trame, and wheny so engaged, to operate the disconnecting means to release the connecting` means, whereby the tying naecl'ianism, normally disconnected, is operatively coimected to the shaft by placiaa' a bundle in position to be tied.

9. a a bundle tier, in combination in a tying' n :ccl'n sm, a rotatable shuttle, a rotatable knetter bill, a movable guard plate below the knetter bill, said guard plate having' a central (mening below the knetter bill, a slot con erging to the opening', and a knife blade es ending; upward between the shuttle and the knetter bill, a rocker needle having a twie carrying; point portion adapted to carry twine through the slot of the guard plate over the knetter bill/to the shuttle, land nuans to relativ( y operate the needle, the fg oltbill and the guard plate, l, as set forth. in a bundle tier. the combination with n mechanism ad nted to loop and tie l xn. around a bundle, and means to open are the lying" mechanism, oi'. a rotatable driv ine; member adapted `to be continuously rotat-ed, and means to cmmect. and transmit the motion ot the driving' member to the tying mechanism opcratin,el means, said connectingl means being;- normally disconnected trom the irieiiggY member, and means to connect said conne ti 13g means with the driving; member, and adapted to be ope 1 ed to eit'ect such saincction by a luunlle being pushed into ndsition to be tied by the tying mechanism, and to antonnrtically d connect the connect- 'ine' means when the operation oli tying the i ,.mean's ,toy y `*means normally disconnected from the driv- Cil operatively and automatically connect the `means for operating' the tying mechanism with the driving@` member, means to automat ically disconnect and hold lthe connecting ing member, and a depressible trip adapted when depressed to actuate the holding means to releasefthe connecting means, and to be automatically raised by the holding means when released, said trip adapted to be depressed and released by a bundle moved over the table into position for tyin'.

l2. in combination in a bundle tier, a main trame, a depressibletable mounted on the iframe, springs yieldingly holding the table in a normally raised position, tying mechanism comprising a knetter mechanism supported by the frame above the table, and a twine carrying rocker needle below the table, means to relatively operate the needle and the knot-ter mechanism to loop and tie twine around a bundle interposed between the table and the knetter mechanism, a rotatable driving member supported on the trame, means to rotate the driving member continuously, means to operatively and automatically connect the means for operating the tying mechanism with the driving mem ber, means to automatically disconnect and hold the connecting means normally discon nectcd from the driving member, and a clepressible trip adapted when depressed to actuate the holding means to release the connecting means and to be automatically raised by the holding means when released, said trip adapted to be depressed and released by a bundle moved over the table into position tor tyine.

13. ln a bundle tying machine, the combination of a main trame, a depressible table supported on the main frame and having springs adapted to yieldingly hold the table normally raised, a knetter mechanism supported on the mai-n :trame above the table, a rocker needle belen.T the table, said needle having a. twine carrying point portion adapted to move upward anddownward in an arc through the table to and from the knetter mechanism and conjointly with the knetter mechanism form and tie a twine loop around a bundle in position on the table beti'veen table and the knotter mechanisna, said table being adapted to yield to permit bundles ot ditlerent sizes being lim Ill@

pushed forward thereon between the knottor mechanism and the table.

14. In a bundle tier, the combination ot' tying mechanism comprising a knetter mechanism and a twine carrying needle adapted eonjointly with the knotter mechanism to form and tie a twine loop around a bundle, a table interposed between the knetter mechanism and the needle, adapted toreceive and support a bundle in position to be tied by the tying mechanism, means to operate the tying mechanism, a driving member adapted to be operated continuously and normall)7 disconnected from the means to operate the tying mechanism, and means to connect the tying mechanism operating means with the driving member, said connecting means adapted to be operated to forni such connection by a bundle being moved over the table into position to be tied by the tying mechanism.

ln witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this Q'th day of February, 1912, in thc presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT H. SAXTON. J( )SEPH J. BAGHMA'YER.

In presence of MAR ii .VINCI'IESTER, M. S. SMITH. 

